This guide describes classic routes in all grades ranging from the easier climbs on the highest peaks, a selection of the multi-day traverses & a choice of the best grande courses on ice, rock or mixed. Among the famous peaks covered are Ushba, Shkhelda, Dykh-Tau, Koshtan-Tau & Shkhara. Access, hut, weather & logistical information are provided, plus a full range of maps & photos. ...

Classic Climbs of the Cordillera Blanca is, by far, the most beautiful & comprehensive mountaineering guidebook yet produced about Peru's
- & South America's
- most famous mountain range. This is the 2009/2010 revised edition (first published in 2003). This Revised Edition
Includes:: updated information & prices on: transportation, hotels, restaurants, porters, burros, cooks, guides costs, Huascaran National Park, rescue information, hospitals, & logistical information; new photos; new route information on Alpamayo, Huandoy Sur, Yanapaccha, Vallunaraju & Ocshapalca; &, new map changes for the Llanganuco & Llaca valleys. With 182 spectacular colour images, including 16 panoramas, & detailed descriptions, author Brad Johnson leads us to the best that the Cordillera Blanca has to offer. Also included are 12 three-dimensional maps, using a cartographic technique never before presented in a climbing guidebook. Johnson's savvy travel tips & colourful anecdotes support the conventional wisdom that nowhere else are high-altitude climbs so enjoyable, accessible & inexpensive. Here, for the first time, is all the information you need about the Cordillera Blanca under one cover. Foreword by Adrian Burgess.


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The Classic Cuddly Paddington is the perfect combination of a soft toy & collectable character in one
- & he`d love you to take
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The greatest 52 European cycling challenges, in association with Garmin. The most challenging cycle routes in Europe based on the best cyclosportive events
- the most famous single-day professional races, which are known in cycling as The Classics, & on stages of the Grand Tours; the Tour de France, Tour of Italy & Tour of Spain. These are not just pretty rides in the country
- they are serious challenges that require training & preparation, but are all accessible & are achieved by many thousands of ordinary cyclists every year. Some of the routes are based on well-established cyclosportive events, which are the big objective of many thousands of recreational & keen cyclists. Classic Cycling Race Routes allows cyclists to do the routes at any time, & encourages them to take part in the events. For the classic races which don`t have a dedicated cyclosportive route, the author has designed a route to reflect the demands & history of these races.

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This is a selection of 102 classic rock-climbs in the Dolomites. Each climb is described in detail, graded & shown in a photo. Practical details such as nearest parking, route approach are given alongside precious information about the ascent & descent. Climbs are listed by location: Sasso Lungo/ Sella/ Puez/ Stevia, Catinaccio, Marmolada, Fanes/ Tofana, Pomagagnon/ Cristallo/ Cadinspitzen, Tre Cime, Bosconero/ Mezzodi, Moiazza/ Civetta, Pala & the Brenta Dolomites. ...

Do you believe in ghosts? Not monsters, not floating objects or unexplained coincidences, but an actual presence
- a flicker
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In this beautiful & practical guide, Peter Potterfield has analysed & graded these spectacular wilderness experiences with both beginners & avid hikers in mind. Included is information on: level of difficulty, recommended seasons, potential hazards & difficulties, resource information & detailed maps of hiking routes. Illustrated with more than 200 colour photographs & hiking directions; here is inspiration & information in a single volume. There are routes in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Big Beaver & Little Beaver Loop in the North Cascades National Park of Washington State, & the Slate Range in the Canadian Rockies, Alberta & British Columbia, & many more. These are journeys to dream of. ...

Okra, plantains, sweet potatoes & mangoes: these & all the other essential ingredients of Jamaican cooking are now widely available in Britain & North America, bringing the island`s delicious cooking within anyone`s reach. Covering all aspects of Jamaican cuisine from soups to preserves, fish to ices, Classic Jamaican Cooking also presents a range of traditional herbal remedies & drinks. With recipes as varied as Plantain Tart & Shrimp Soup, Salt Fish Patties & Coconut Ice Cream, this book dispels forever the myth that Jamaican cookery begins with Curried Goat & ends with Rice & Peas. Mistress of a large Jamaican household at the end of the nineteenth century, Caroline Sullivan wrote the first ever book on Jamaican cooking. Needing only occasional modification by the modern reader (` Take seven gallons of rum, three gallons of seville orange juice.. .`), she brings alive the wealth & variety of the island`s food. With its blending of African & European influences, Jamaican cooking rests on a foundation of tropical fruits & vegetables, & the author draws out the full range of their flavours in one of the New World`s tastiest cuisines. ...

The Classic Moleskine series is where you will find the more traditional versions of these timeless notebooks, available in various sizes & colours where shown. Be it for jotting down the odd thought, taking an address, or simply doodling, these classic little chaps ensure that you’ll always do it in style. For over two centuries Moleskine was the notebook of choice for artists, intellectuals & travellers. Numbered among its fans were Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway & Bruce Chatwin. Imagine how many sketches, notes, ruminations & secrets these discrete little black books have carried between their pages over the years. The original pocket notebook. ...

From the glamour of the Monaco Grand Prix to the prestigious TT Races on the Isle of Man, these posters evoke the speed & spirit of motor & cycle racing Share the excitement of the first race held at Indianapolis (1909), the first race on a fast circuit in France (Rheims, 1938), & the 300th World Championship Grand Prix (Kyalami, 1978). Also

Includes:: The Swiss Grand Priz (1934), 24 Heures du Mans (1961), & the 10th International Kesselberg Race (1935).

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